Mining some tales with… Claudia Tornquist
Mining some tales with… Claudia Tornquist Every month, The Northern Miner gets to know a different executive in the mining industry by asking them about everything — except mining. This…
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Private equity firms are poised to invest billions in battery metals
Private equity firms say they will boost investments in battery metal projects this year as depressed company valuations, plunging commodity prices and slumbering stock market financing create opportunities. London-based Appian…
Uranium price bound for US$160 record: Sprott
The price of uranium could surpass 2007 highs this year as utilities ramp up demand for nuclear fuel and miners hit snags in boosting supply, the world’s largest investment fund…
Fission wants to split uranium project costs with a partner in Saskatchewan
Fission Uranium (TSX:FCU; OTCQX: FCUUF) plans to fund the $1.5-billion Patterson Lake South project in northern Saskatchewan mostly with debt but it’s considering taking on a partner to help pay for…
Diavik crash survivor is electrician with baby
The lone survivor of a plane crash that killed six people on their way to Rio Tinto‘s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) Diavik diamond mine has been identified as…
Bank of Montreal axes homophobic mining bankers
The Bank of Montreal fired four of its mining investment bankers last week because of verbal attacks on a colleague, The Globe and Mail reported on Thursday. The bank conducted…
Plane crash kills 6 on way to Rio Tinto diamond mine in northern Canada
A jet crash in the Northwest Territories killed four passengers and two crew members on its way to Rio Tinto‘s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) Diavik diamond mine, officials…
Gahcho Kué diamond sales fall on weaker demand
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD; US-OTC: MPVD) says lower prices and demand from India and China depressed sales by 15% last year from the Gahcho Kué mine in the Northwest…
OreCorp rebuffs latest takeover bid as Perseus-Silvercorp battle rages
OreCorp (ASX: ORR) has rejected Perseus Mining’s (TSX: PRU; TSX: PRU) new takeover bid as it battles Silvercorp Metals (TSX: SVM; NYSE: SVM) to obtain the Nyanzaga gold project in Tanzania. “The…
Founders links Antino’s high-grade zones in Suriname
Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) says assays from its Antino gold project in southeast Suriname show potential for significant gold mineralization between two zones. Drilling intercepted six gold intervals…
Bluestone soars on open-pit OK for Guatemalan gold
Shares in Bluestone Resources (TSXV: BSR) doubled after Guatemala approved a plan to change the contentious Cerro Blanco gold project to an open-pit operation from underground as the company considers selling…
Montage hikes Koné gold project economics in Africa
Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) plans to start building its US$712 million Koné gold project in Côte d’Ivoire late this year after an updated feasibility study nearly doubled its net…